Curated category
1979 births
- Michael OwenMichael Owen scored one of the most talked-about goals in England's football history at the age of eighteen. Running from near the halfway line against…
- Eliezer YudkowskyEliezer Yudkowsky was born on the 11th of September 1979 in New Jersey. He never attended high school or college despite his deep engagement with complex…
- AaliyahAaliyah Dana Haughton was 22 years old when a twin-engine Cessna 402 lifted off a runway in the Bahamas on the evening of the 25th of August 2001, and then…
- Hedo TürkoğluHedo Türkoğlu was the first Turkish-born player in NBA history, selected 16th overall in the 2000 draft by the Sacramento Kings.
- Chris PrattChris Pratt was once homeless in Maui, Hawaii, living out of a van and a tent on the beach. He was working minimal hours, spending his money on gas, food…
- Jonathan KasdanJonathan Peter Kasdan was born on the 30th of September 1979 in Los Angeles. His father Lawrence Kasdan worked as a writer and director while his mother Meg…
- Oscar IsaacÓscar Isaac Hernández Estrada was born on the 9th of March 1979, in Guatemala City to a Guatemalan mother and a Cuban father.
- Diego ForlánDiego Forlán Corazo was born on the 19th of May 1979 in the Carrasco neighborhood of Montevideo, Uruguay. His family history is deeply rooted in professional…
- Evangeline LillyEvangeline Lilly was discovered not in a casting office or a drama class, but while passing time on a street in Kelowna, British Columbia.
- Christina KochChristina Hammock Koch was born on the 29th of January 1979 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Her family moved to Jacksonville, North Carolina, where she spent her…
- Roger VerRoger Keith Ver was born in 1979 in San Jose, California. He attended Valley Christian High School before spending one year at De Anza College.
- Rafael MárquezRafael Márquez Álvarez was born on the 13th of February 1979 in Mexico, and by the time he finished playing, he had done something no defender in the world…